Charger and stirrer for gas-producers.



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' HORACE E. SMYTHE, OF OAKMON T, AND EDMUND W. SHINN, Olf PITTSBURG,PENNSYLVANlA,

ASSIGNORS TO THE S. R.. SMYTHE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPO- RArIoN oF WEST VIRGINIA.

CHAR-GER AND STIRRER FOR GAS-PRODUCERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed May 13, 1908. eiial No. 432,625.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that We, HORACE E. SMYTHE 'andEDMUND W. SHINN, citizens of the for its object to produce an apparatuswhich canl be made to travel from one to another of a set of gasproducers for the purpose of charging them and of agitating or pokingthe charges. L y j Referring to the drawings which accompany thisspeeiiication, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a gas-producer and ourinvention associated therewith; Fig. 2, aside elevation of Fig. 1looking to the left3Fig. 3, a plan of our invention, omitting thegas-producers; Fig. 4, a fragmentary View showing a vertical sectionthrough the driving mechanism for the top-plate 5 of the producer andthe trolley 24; Fig. 5, a detail of the mechanism sliding the gear' 31on its driving shaft; Fig. 6, a section showing the poker operatingmechanism; Fig. 7, a plan of the same, the poker boing in cross-section;Fig. 8, a section of Fig. '7 on the line-8&8; Fig. 9, a side elevationpartly in section, showing the gearing for the racks 32 and 37 and theshifting mechanism for the gear-Wheel 31, and Fig. 1t), a verticalsection, partly broken away, of the poker.

1 represents a gas producer', having the eifftake pipe 2for gases. The,top o1 the 1, .i'oducer body has a circular channel 3 constituting atrack for the Wheels t of the piodueei top plate 5, which has a circulardown-` turned flange G in the said channel, so that water or othersealing material in the chaniro vided with a suitable charging device,such as the hopper 7 which is provided with the Well-known b ell 8,controlled by the le Ver 9 or otherwise. 1' and 1l) show portions oftwo oth er gas producers in line with? the producer 1. tops of theseproducers, on which rails the xifhcels 11 of the car 12 roll.

. On the ear `13 is the hopper 13 having the nel may render 'the top 5gas-tight- The top' inclined bottom 14, and the delivery spout 15, thelatter terminating at a suitable point to deliver fuel into the hopper7, When the gate 16 at the lower end of the spout has been swung upfrombeneath the same by means of the handle 17 and link 171 or othermechanism. The spout is so situated as to deliver the contents of thehopper 13 into the hopper 7 of any of the producers provided the car bemoved into proper position, which is accomplished by means of the motor18. This motor through the spur-gears 19 drives .the shaft 20, which isconnected by bevel gears 21 to two of the Wheels 11.

The car 12 supports the circular track 22 on which the Wheels 23 of thetrolley 24 travel.

25 is a motor which is carried by the car 12' and Which through thespur-gears 26 drives the shaft 27. The shaft 27 drives the shaft 28 bymeans of the intermediate bevel-gears 29. The shaft has thereon thespline 30, on which the spur-gear 31 may slide but which compels thegear 31 to rotate therewith. This gear 3l normally meshes with thecircular rack 32 on the topplate 5, but by means of the fork-lever 33and the system of levers 34 andthe handle 35, may be slid on the shaft28 so as to be out of mesh with the said rack. The gear-Wheel 31 alsomeshes with the spur-gear 36 which has such a length as to be in meshwith the Wheel 31, no matter in which position the latter may be. Thegear Wheel 36 meshes with the circular rack 37 on the trolley' 24.

The trolley 24; supports a radially movable bed plate 38, 'rovided withthe pendent lug K39 in Which t ie lradially arranged screw 4.0

Works, the ends oi the screw being journaled 1n. the hearings 41 and 42.'ihe'screw is rotated by the motor and the intermediate gearing 14. Thebed-plate 3S supports the fixed. roller 4:5 which stands Aopposite toand parallel Wii h the roller 46 which is carried by the carriage 47,slidable Within small limits o n the said hed-plate. The carriage i7 aair of lugs'. 415i seated in the sockets di) on the,

eil-plate the springs 50 being seated in the sockets and bearing againstthe said lugs to x yieldingiy lrlfl the roller 46 as eiose as possii/l.pair of rails 1() extend along the bietoward the i'xed roller 45. Therollers are grorwed so as to forni a circular pass be" tween them forthe reception of the poker 51.

The poker 51 is a long cylindricai hollow the poker; the motor 43 iscausedto rotatev (i0 Athe top-plate 5.

bar, which may reach down below the rollers 45 and 46 and through thepolie-hole 52 in The poker is'caused to rise and fall by means of themotor 53 and the intermediate Urearing 541 which connects the motorshaft to the shaft ol thenoller 45. The roller shafts are providedwithfthe interineshing gears 54 to give the rollersequal speed.

The poker 51 has the two ilexible tubes 55 and 56 connected to its upperend, the tube being connected to the 4tube 57 which extendsv toward thelower end ol' thehollow in the poker.` The tube 55 is connected throughthe pipe 58 to the lower portion of the pump cylinder 59, whose piston60 is driven by the motor 61. The tube 56 is conneeted by the pipe 561to the top of" the water tank 62 which with the motor 61 and the pumplies beneath the bottoni 14 ot the hopper 13. The bottom of the tankiseonnected to the lower end ot' thepump cylinder 59.

60 is the o4 erators cage or cab in which are the contro 1ers 61, whichare connected in the well-known manner to the several motors and asource ot' energy for starting, stopping and reversin'o' the same.

The pokerole 5,2 may be variouslyl constructed, but I have shown itprovided with the valve 62 Which is removed from the hole by the poker,but will return to close the hole when the poker lhas been Withdrawn.

The operation of charging the gas producers will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description. In order to agitato or poke a charge inthe gas-producer, the car, with. the poker elevated above the toi-plates of the producers, is moved on the rails' 1() by the motor 18until the axes ot rotation of the top-plate 5 and lthe trolley :2a arein alinement. It the poker, when vertical, doos not stand over thepoke-hole, thaty is, il' the poker and the poke-hole do not stand in thesame vertical plane which is radial both as to the top-plate and thetrolley, then the handle 35 is moved'to the position shown in dottedlilies on Fig. t) todisconncct the gear\vheel 3l from the rack 32 to thepositions shown in dotted lines on Figs. l and 5, whereupon the motor 25is' actuated so as -to move the poker into the required position abovethe pokohole. ',lhc position ol'- the handle 35 is .reversed to the'position shown in l'nlllines and the gear 35 and the rack 32 rengaged.The motor 523 is then operatial to drive. the poker down through thepoke-hole i and Yinto the l'uel in the |noducer. 'l`he`pumpmotor 61 isstarted to keep up a circulation ot water in alternately in op[, ositcdirections to give the poker radial movement in the producer; the motor25 is stai-todito give. the top-plate 5 and the trolley 24 rotarymovexiwnt, their movement being inthe same direction and at the samespeed, whereby the poker travels with the top-plate in a circle. Whenthe charge has been sulliciently poked, the several motors are stop )edand the poker is lifted from the poke-hole, the car is moved so as tobring the trolley over the top-plate ol" another producer, when theoperation just described is repeated. 'l`he hopper 13 may be iilled anddischarged into an v ot the hoppers 7 ot any ol` the producers, asnecessity requires. \Vhcn the spout 15 is brought over a hopper 7, thelever 17 is lowered, causing the gate 16 to rise. rlhe charge in thehopper 13 will then pass into the hopper 7 until the vate 16 is returnedb v the lever 17 so as to close the spout 15. The charge in the hopper 7may be discharged into the pro ducer by lifting the lever El, whereb \rthe hell 8 is lowered permitting the charge to slide into the prbducer.

1t will be seen that we are enabled. to poke the entire charge fromcenter to circumference and to any desired depth, the poker having azig-zag movement in the charge as it travels in a circle with thepoire-hole 52. lt will be noticed that the poke-hole serves as a fulcruml'or thcl poker.

le claimHA 1. The combination ol a gas producer, a rotatable toptherefor, a poke-hole on said top, a poker, a rotatable carrier l'orsaid poker, means lor rotating said top and carrier at the same speedand in the same direction, and means t'or moving the poker transverselyot its rotary movement with saidtop and carrier.

,2. 'lhe combination oll a gas producer, a rotatable top tl'icrel'or, apoke-hole on said top, a poker, a rotatable carrier for said poker,means l'or rotating said top'and earrier at the same speed and in thesame direction, means l'or movingr the poker transversely ot' its rotarymovement with said top and carrier, and means l'or moving the pokervertically.

H. 'l`he combination ol' a gas producer,- a rotatable top therefor, apoke-hole on said top, a poker, a rotatable carrier l`or said poker,means l'or rotating said top and carrier at the vsame speed and in thesame direction, means l'or producing relative rotary movement of' saidtop and carrier, and means for 'moving the po (er transversely ol' itsrotary move- .ment with said top and carrier.

4. ',lhe combination ol' a batteryr of gas producers, a car movable overthe same, and a poker carried on said car and arranged to vbe introducedinto any of said }nodiu.ers to agitato the charge therein and means l'orcausing the poker to travel circularly. within the producer.

5. The combination of a battery ol gasproduccrs, a car movable over thesame, a rotary trolley on said car, a rotatable top on each gasproducer, a poke-hole on cach top, a

poker, adapted to pass through cach poliehole, means for causing therotation ol said trolley and each. of said tops' at the same speed andin the same direction, and means for moving the poker transversely ofits rotary movement. 6. The combination of a gas producer, a rotary toptherefor having therein a pokeliole, a ear, a poker carried b,T the carand adapted to pass through said poke-hole, and means on the car lorvibrating the poker, the pokeshole servintyfT as a fulciuin for saidpoker duringl its vibrations.

7. llie combination of a gas producer, a top therefor havinr therein apoke-hole, a poker iii said poke-hole7 a pair of feedA rollers above thetop liaving a pass between them l'or the poker, means for moving therollers transversely of the length of the poker, and means for rotatingthe rollers to give the poker vertical movement.

8. The combination of a gas top therefor having therein a poke-hole, apoker in said poke-hole, a pair of rollers above the top havingl a pass"between them for the poker, means for moving the rollers transverselyofthe len ftli of the poker, and means for holding the ro lersyieldingly toward each other to permit the poker to be inclined from avertical position. I

9. The combination of a battery of gas producers, a car movable over thesaine, a

producer, a

poke-hole therein,

poker carried on said car and arranged to be introduced into any ol'said producers to agitate the charge therein, and means carried by thecar for'charging the gas producers.

10. The combination ol a battery of gas producers each having a rotarytop With a a car movable over the gas-producers, a rotary trolleyon'said car, a poker carried by the trolley, and means for moving thepoker vertically.`

11. Thel combination of a battery of gas producers, a car movable overthe same, a poker carried on said car and arranged to be introduced intoany of said producers to therein, and means for y agitate the chargesupplying a cooling iluid to the interior of sai poker.

12. The combination of a battery of gas producers, a car movable overthe same, and 'a poker carried on said car and arranged to be introducedinto any of said roducers to agitato the charge therein, and means forcausing the poker radially within the producer.

Signed at Pittsburg, Pa., this 11th day of May, 1908.

HORACE E SMYTI-IE, EDMUN D W. SHINN. Witnesses:

F. N. BARER,

ANNA R. BEATTY.

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